[Eeglablist] Reading Neuroscan locations file

Yannis Paloyelis y.paloyelis at gmail.com
Wed May 9 09:26:02 PDT 2012


Dear List,

First, one quick question: Is there a way to search the EEGLAB list with
key terms? At the moment I can only see how to browse complete past
archives.

Second, the longer question: I use a Neuroscan quik-cap 64-channel with
synamps-1, with 8 additional electrodes (total 72) and I am having problems
reading channel locations.

>From the neuroscan software I can save the  .asc file with channel
positions that I provide at the end of this email (see at the bottom of the
email). However, when I try to read it using the GUI Edit channel Info>Read
Locations, I get the error I also provide below.

Question 1: Is there a way I can read this location file?
Question 2: If not, for 62 of the standard cap electrodes I could get the
standard locations. For some of the additional electrodes (numbers 31-32,
65-72), I suppose if I change their names to standard names, their
locations could be read from a standard file? I suppose 32 and 69-71 must
have standard locations/names; 65-68 are attached at the internal and the
external canthus of each eye to obtain horizontal ocular movements)
Question 3: Two electrodes (31 (the third bipolar cap electrode) and 72 are
left free to record power line noise). As these electrodes do not have a
standard location (they are attached over the central/frontal part of the
cap) and are not useful for standard purposes I will just remove them
(unless someone suggests it would be useful to include them in ICA even
though they do not have a fixed location?)

Many thanks for any help you could provide!

Best wishes,
Yannis




%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% The error message when trying to read the locations file (see below for
the locations file)
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

IMPORTANT: After importing/modifying data channels, you must close
the channel editing window for the changes to take effect in EEGLAB.
TIP: Call this function directy from the prompt, ">> pop_chanedit([]);"
     to convert between channel location file formats
readlocs(): 'asc' format assumed from file extension
Reading file (lines): 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150
160 170 180 190 200 210 220 224
??? Error using ==> readlocs>load_file_or_array at 624
readlocs(): cannot find the named file or variable, check syntax

Error in ==> readlocs at 405
           array = load_file_or_array( filename, g.skiplines);

Error in ==> readneurolocs at 55
        chanlocs = readlocs('128.DAT', 'filetype', 'custom', 'format', {
'labels' 'ignore' '-Y' 'X' 'Z' });

Error in ==> readlocs at 361
       eloc = readneurolocs( filename );

Error in ==> pop_chanedit at 664
                        [chans] = readlocs(tmpargs{:});

??? Error using ==> waitfor
Error while evaluating uicontrol Callback


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% The locations file from Neuroscan
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

;SCAN 4.0 ASCII Channel Description File
;
;Line format:
;#<channel number> <label>
;or:
;<display page> <channel number> <pos x0> <pos y0> <pos x1> <pos y1>
;
;A semicolon at the first column indicates a comment.
;
#1    O2
#2    O1
#3    OZ
#4    PZ
#5    P4
#6    CP4
#7    P8
#8    C4
#9    TP8
#10   T8
#11   P7
#12   P3
#13   CP3
#14   CPZ
#15   CZ
#16   FC4
#17   FT8
#18   TP7
#19   C3
#20   FCZ
#21   FZ
#22   F4
#23   F8
#24   T7
#25   FT7
#26   FC3
#27   F3
#28   FP2
#29   F7
#30   FP1
#31   LineNoise
#32   VEOG
#33   PO5
#34   PO3
#35   P1
#36   POZ
#37   P2
#38   PO4
#39   CP2
#40   P6
#41   PO6
#42   CP6
#43   C6
#44   PO8
#45   PO7
#46   P5
#47   CP5
#48   CP1
#49   C1
#50   C2
#51   FC2
#52   FC6
#53   C5
#54   FC1
#55   F2
#56   F6
#57   FC5
#58   F1
#59   AF4
#60   AF8
#61   F5
#62   AF7
#63   AF3
#64   FPZ
#65   HEOGL
#66   HEOGR
#67   HEOG_IL
#68   HEOG_IR
#69   M1
#70   M2
#71   Nose
#72   50Hz
0   1       0.560    0.835    0.614    0.898
0   2       0.401    0.831    0.455    0.893
0   3       0.488    0.828    0.542    0.890
0   4       0.485    0.646    0.539    0.708
0   5       0.607    0.651    0.661    0.713
0   6       0.623    0.568    0.677    0.630
0   7       0.729    0.709    0.783    0.771
0   8       0.629    0.489    0.683    0.551
0   9       0.778    0.611    0.832    0.673
0   10      0.791    0.492    0.845    0.554
0   11      0.246    0.727    0.300    0.789
0   12      0.362    0.659    0.416    0.721
0   13      0.347    0.576    0.401    0.638
0   14      0.485    0.565    0.539    0.627
0   15      0.485    0.487    0.539    0.549
0   16      0.626    0.403    0.680    0.465
0   17      0.786    0.371    0.840    0.433
0   18      0.190    0.625    0.244    0.687
0   19      0.339    0.492    0.393    0.554
0   20      0.482    0.403    0.536    0.465
0   21      0.482    0.313    0.536    0.375
0   22      0.612    0.316    0.666    0.378
0   23      0.737    0.261    0.791    0.323
0   24      0.171    0.501    0.225    0.563
0   25      0.187    0.368    0.241    0.430
0   26      0.341    0.409    0.395    0.471
0   27      0.355    0.316    0.409    0.378
0   28      0.580    0.137    0.634    0.199
0   29      0.227    0.261    0.281    0.323
0   30      0.385    0.137    0.439    0.199
0   31      0.251    0.829    0.305    0.891
0   32      0.227    0.113    0.281    0.175
0   33      0.341    0.766    0.395    0.829
0   34      0.413    0.750    0.467    0.810
0   35      0.416    0.647    0.470    0.709
0   36      0.488    0.730    0.542    0.792
0   37      0.547    0.643    0.601    0.705
0   38      0.562    0.734    0.616    0.797
0   39      0.555    0.565    0.609    0.627
0   40      0.666    0.678    0.720    0.740
0   41      0.625    0.770    0.678    0.832
0   42      0.694    0.582    0.748    0.644
0   43      0.704    0.489    0.758    0.551
0   44      0.643    0.862    0.697    0.923
0   45      0.336    0.859    0.390    0.919
0   46      0.306    0.683    0.360    0.745
0   47      0.274    0.594    0.328    0.656
0   48      0.417    0.568    0.471    0.630
0   49      0.414    0.489    0.468    0.551
0   50      0.555    0.487    0.609    0.549
0   51      0.555    0.406    0.609    0.468
0   52      0.702    0.394    0.756    0.456
0   53      0.263    0.498    0.317    0.560
0   54      0.414    0.409    0.468    0.471
0   55      0.547    0.319    0.601    0.381
0   56      0.675    0.299    0.729    0.361
0   57      0.265    0.397    0.319    0.459
0   58      0.420    0.325    0.474    0.387
0   59      0.577    0.220    0.631    0.282
0   60      0.669    0.177    0.723    0.239
0   61      0.290    0.301    0.344    0.363
0   62      0.295    0.180    0.349    0.242
0   63      0.385    0.232    0.439    0.294
0   64      0.482    0.131    0.536    0.193
0   65      0.165    0.186    0.219    0.248
0   66      0.794    0.171    0.848    0.233
0   67      0.314    0.055    0.368    0.117
0   68      0.656    0.055    0.709    0.117
0   69      0.181    0.706    0.235    0.768
0   70      0.799    0.718    0.853    0.780
0   71      0.482    0.021    0.536    0.083
0   72      0.715    0.825    0.769    0.887
1   1       0.032    0.032    0.161    0.161
1   2       0.194    0.032    0.323    0.161
1   3       0.355    0.032    0.484    0.161
1   4       0.516    0.032    0.645    0.161
1   5       0.677    0.032    0.806    0.161
1   6       0.839    0.032    0.968    0.161
1   7       0.032    0.194    0.161    0.323
1   8       0.194    0.194    0.323    0.323
1   9       0.355    0.194    0.484    0.323
1   11      0.516    0.194    0.645    0.323
1   12      0.677    0.194    0.806    0.323
1   13      0.839    0.194    0.968    0.323
1   14      0.032    0.355    0.161    0.484
1   15      0.194    0.355    0.323    0.484
1   17      0.355    0.355    0.484    0.484
1   18      0.516    0.355    0.645    0.484
1   19      0.677    0.355    0.806    0.484
1   20      0.839    0.355    0.968    0.484
1   21      0.032    0.516    0.161    0.645
1   22      0.194    0.516    0.323    0.645
1   25      0.355    0.516    0.484    0.645
1   27      0.516    0.516    0.645    0.645
1   33      0.677    0.516    0.806    0.645
1   34      0.839    0.516    0.968    0.645
1   35      0.032    0.677    0.161    0.806
1   36      0.194    0.677    0.323    0.806
1   37      0.355    0.677    0.484    0.806
1   38      0.516    0.677    0.645    0.806
1   40      0.677    0.677    0.806    0.806
1   41      0.839    0.677    0.968    0.806
1   44      0.032    0.839    0.161    0.968
1   45      0.194    0.839    0.323    0.968
1   46      0.355    0.839    0.484    0.968
2   9       0.032    0.032    0.161    0.161
2   10      0.194    0.032    0.323    0.161
2   16      0.355    0.032    0.484    0.161
2   23      0.516    0.032    0.645    0.161
2   26      0.677    0.032    0.806    0.161
2   28      0.839    0.032    0.968    0.161
2   30      0.032    0.194    0.161    0.323
2   39      0.194    0.194    0.323    0.323
2   40      0.355    0.194    0.484    0.323
2   42      0.516    0.194    0.645    0.323
2   43      0.677    0.194    0.806    0.323
2   47      0.839    0.194    0.968    0.323
2   48      0.032    0.355    0.161    0.484
2   49      0.194    0.355    0.323    0.484
2   50      0.355    0.355    0.484    0.484
2   51      0.516    0.355    0.645    0.484
2   52      0.677    0.355    0.806    0.484
2   53      0.839    0.355    0.968    0.484
2   54      0.032    0.516    0.161    0.645
2   55      0.194    0.516    0.323    0.645
2   56      0.355    0.516    0.484    0.645
2   57      0.516    0.516    0.645    0.645
2   58      0.677    0.516    0.806    0.645
2   59      0.839    0.516    0.968    0.645
2   60      0.032    0.677    0.161    0.806
2   61      0.194    0.677    0.323    0.806
2   62      0.355    0.677    0.484    0.806
2   63      0.516    0.677    0.645    0.806
2   64      0.677    0.677    0.806    0.806
2   65      0.839    0.677    0.968    0.806
2   66      0.032    0.839    0.161    0.968
2   67      0.194    0.839    0.323    0.968
2   68      0.355    0.839    0.484    0.968
2   69      0.516    0.839    0.645    0.968
2   70      0.677    0.839    0.806    0.968
2   71      0.839    0.839    0.968    0.968
3   31      0.091    0.167    0.455    0.833
3   72      0.545    0.167    0.909    0.833


-- 

*Yannis Paloyelis, PhD CPsychol*
Department of Neuroimaging
Institute of Psychiatry (Box 089)
King's College London
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8AF
Tel. 020 32283069
Fax 020 32282116
Email: Yannis.Paloyelis at kcl.ac.uk
y.paloyelis at gmail.com
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